Improved refrigerator



0. E'. MOSHER.

Refrigerator.

Patented April 4, 1865.

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UNrTnn STATES ATENT @einens OMEN E. MOSHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED REFRIGERATOR.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OMEN E. Mosrrnn, ot'

the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Water-Cooling Attachment for Refrigerators; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which.-

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a refrigerator with myimprovement applied to it, x Fig. 2,'showin g the line of section; Fig.2, a transverse section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention consists in applying a watertank to a refrigerator havingan ice-chamber tted in it in such a manner that the water in the tankwill be kept at a low temperature and the water drawn from the tank asrequired for use.

The object ofthe invention is to obtain cool Water from a refrigeratorWithout using the waste water from the ice-chamber, which always has anunpleasant avor.

A represents the box or case of the refrigerator, which may bedouble-walled and filled with any suitable non-conducting material.

B represents the iee-chamber,which is placed within the boX or ease A,at its upper part, at one end of the same. This ice-chamber has itsouter side inclined so as to form a narrow bottom, a., underneath whichthere is a trough, C, to carry off the waste water or drippings from theice, the bottom a being perforated or formed of slats, and theice-chamber also lined with slats b at its inclined side, to admit of acurrent of air passing up around the ice:

Directly underneath the trough C there is placed a water-tank, D, havinga faucet, E, passing into one end of it, said faucet passing through thebox'or case A. This tank does not receive any of the waste-Water fromthe ice-chamber, as the trough C carries it off; but the water in thetank is kept cool or at a 10W temperature, in consequence ofthe mass ofice directly above it. The cool water may be drawn oft as required foruse through the faucet E. This tank does not monopolize much room in therefrigerator, in fact, none that is available for other purposes, andconsequently the advantage of having cool pure water for drinkingpurposes is obtained without any appreciable additional cost.

I do not claim the refrigerator or any parts pertaining thereto, whenseparately considered; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination ot the ice chamber B, trough C, and Water-tank D, when thesaid parts are constructed and arranged in the manner and for thepurposes herein specified.

OMEN E. MOSHER.

Witnesses:

M. M. LIVINGSTON, C. L. Torrini?.

